Windows and Linux Cluster Feature Parity
Windows clusters do not share the same feature support as Linux clusters.
The following chart describes the feature parity between Windows and Linux on Rancher as of Rancher v2.5.8:
| Component | Linux | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Distributions | ||
| RKE | Supported | Supported |
| RKE2 | Supported | Tenatively Planned For 2.6.x |
| K3S | Supported | Not Supported |
| EKS | Supported | Not Supported |
| GKE | Supported | Not Supported |
| AKS | Supported | Not Supported |
| Rancher Components | ||
| Server | Supported | Not Supported |
| Agent | Supported | Supported |
| Fleet | Supported | Supported |
| EKS Operator | Supported | Not Supported |
| AKS Operator | Not Supported | Not Supported |
| GKE Operator | Not Supported | Not Supported |
| Alerting v1 | Supported | Supported |
| Monitoring v1 | Supported | Supported |
| Logging v1 | Supported | Supported |
| Monitoring/Alerting v2 | Supported | Supported In 2.5.8+ |
| Logging v2 | Supported | Supported In 2.5.8+ |
| Istio | Supported | Not Supported |
| Catalog v1 | Supported | Not Supported |
| Catalog v2 | Supported | Not Supported |
| OPA | Supported | Not Supported |
| Longhorn | Supported | Not Supported |
| CIS Scans | Supported | Not Supported |
| Backup/Restore Operator | Supported | Not Supported |
| CNI / Add-ons | ||
| Flannel | Supported | Supported |
| Canal | Supported | Not Supported |
| Calico | Supported | Tentatively Planned for 2.6.x |
| Cilium | Supported | Not Supported |
| Multus | Supported | Not Supported |
| Traefik | Supported | Not Supported |
| NGINX Ingress | Supported | Not Supported |
For updated information on feature support, you may visit rancher/windows on GitHub.